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- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
-
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying
- it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected
- to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request
- registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period.
- With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using
- the software to an updated program with printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the
- copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated
- below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial
- authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are
- good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
- distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute
- the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example,
- some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may
- copy their Shareware.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find
- software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or
- Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you
- can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also.
- Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
- product, you don't pay for it.
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- Users of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
-
- "TommySoftware CAD/DRAW is supplied as is. The author disclaims all
- warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the
- warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
- assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may
- result from the use of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW."
-
- TommySoftware CAD/DRAW is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
- to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but
- please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence
- of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with
- quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for
- programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program
- useful and find that you are using TommySoftware CAD/DRAW and continue to use
- TommySoftware CAD/DRAW after a reasonable trial period, you must make a
- registration payment to TommySoftware. The registration fee will license one
- copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software
- just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number
- of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so
- long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's
- being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons
- at the same time.
-
- All users of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW must register and pay for their copies of
- TommySoftware CAD/DRAW within 30 days of first use or their license is
- withdrawn. Site-license arrangements may be made by contacting TommySoftware
- or the distributor stated on the registration form.
-
- Anyone distributing TommySoftware CAD/DRAW for any kind of remuneration should
- have a look at the file VENDOR.TXT, which contains detailed information on
- that subject.
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of TommySoftware CAD/DRAW along to your
- friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they
- find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a bonus disk and
- a printed manual (see REGISTER.TXT).
-